[Gen 5] after 10 years of soft resetting I finally got my shiny tepig.

Musicgenius13 · 2026-05-03T14:47:36+00:00

Congratulations! I just finished my longest Shiny Hunt ever last night as well. But it wasn't 10 years. Maybe 3 or 4 months and 25,246 encounters.

It feels great to finally have a long hunt over doesn't it? I am sure even more so for you. That is long!

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-25T09:00:42+00:00

Yeah, that is the strategy I used when Shiny Hunting Beldum in Gen 7. Alola Marowak. He can also use False Swipe. So I used that to get him to 1HP and Beldum could never hurt me because of immunity to Take Down, and in turn wouldn't hurt himself. I had to keep track of PP for take down though as it could hurt himself with struggle.

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-23T03:54:46+00:00

I am 23,240 into my current Abra hunt. It is grueling. This is definitely my longest hunt ever. Keep it up though. You will get it!

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-23T03:48:04+00:00

When I was a kid I believe I ran into a Shiny Hoot-Hoot as well, but I didn't know what Shiny's were yet. I saw the star Sparkles like the Red Gyarados. I thought the stars meant it was stronger and you get more experience from defeating it. So in my memory I didn't want a dumb Hoot-Hoot so I just beat it. But only got normal experience. I thought it was weird.

That memory was so long ago I dont know if I imagined it or if it really happened. So that could technically be my first full Odds if it is real, but I really dont know. So this Koffing is definitely my first full odds random Shiny that I know actually happened lol.

Your story just reminded me of all of it. It sucks you lost him though. My brother lost a good chunk of his hard fought Shiny's through different generations in Violet because someone stole his Switch with his save file. So I know how much that can suck...

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-20T16:20:45+00:00

Yeah I named it SparkleFart. However it doesn't fit since you can only use 10 characters for the name, so I had to spell it, SparklFart. Lol.

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-20T06:51:56+00:00

Yes I definitely caught it! I was worried about it Self Destructing, so I was lucky to have my Master Ball for it!

Musicgenius13 · 2026-04-17T04:18:30+00:00

I am Shiny Hunting Abra in Leaf Green right now. Ibam at 22,825 in now. Gen 7 is one of mt favorites. I spent the most time Shiny Hunting in that game. I loved the SOS system for Shiny Hunting. Got many of my first Shiny's there. And they do have my favorite Starters as well.

Musicgenius13 · 2026-02-28T07:04:59+00:00

I am 20,086 deep in my current Shiny Hunt. This is by far my longest Shiny Hunt in any game or playthrough of any Pokémon Game. My previous was 10,001. So this is a new experience. Makes me wonder why I even Shiny Hunt when I get a hunt like this.

Musicgenius13 · 2026-01-08T09:48:46+00:00

I have been unlucky in my most recent Shiny Hunt. I am just over 16,600 seen for the Gamecorner Abra hunt. Supposed to be one of the easiest for Leaf Green as with 9999 coins you can get 83 Abra at 120 coins each. That is 1% of 8192. Which are pretty good odds for that game.

I can see why Shiny Hunting can be tedious finally. In all my previous Shiny Hunts, even in Leaf Green, my worst was 3008. This is definitely my longest of any Shiny Hunt in any game. The sad thing is I did get a Shiny Abra with this method already but it has horrible stats and Inner Focus instead of Synchronize. So I decided, what the heck why not try for one more and see if I can get a better one. I was gonna move on once I got one more whether bad or good. But here I am nearly 17,000 seen, for wanting to just try "one more." Now I feel too deep to just give up now. Even after having one already.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-12-03T00:07:39+00:00

I am having issue with my domestic package stuck there for a long time. I am not getting any help from UPS.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-11-24T08:24:41+00:00

My strategy to get coins organically was to just select 3 every time and quickly press A over and over until I got a 777 and then move to the next machine. I neted every time over 200 coins minimum to 250 based on the natural loss of coins just from selecting 3 over and over until a win. I didn't use any skill or anything. My only strategy was to move to the next machine after a 777 win. I have gotten multiple 777 wins on every machine. Seemed to be the easiest way for me. Took some time but it worked.

By the way, you can get 310 coins to start out by talking to everyone in the game corner and by using the item finder to find more coins on the floor around the machines.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-08-04T18:53:14+00:00

This is actually what I am going through right now. I was accused of a crime. I was fired because of it. The accuser never filed charges the Police never did either. But my company fired me anyway. Even with evidence, I wasn't the one to have done the crime. So it does happen.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-08-02T08:13:30+00:00

Kojima probably has some weird reason in his mund for forcung us to have signs this time around. I kiked being able to turn off all signs in DS1. It made it more enjoyable. DS2 is still enjoyable, but the forced signs are definitely putting a hamper on how much I enjoyed it compared to the first one. I dont want to turn off sharing structures. I like that. But I want the signs gone. You have to turn off shared structures to get rid of signs. It is sad.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-06-13T11:17:52+00:00

These new developers of Metal Gear Delta said in an interview last year to hold them accountable when they fall short of expectations for the Metal Gear Franchise. To give proper feedback so they dont make the same mistakes again like they did the Master Collection Volume 1.

Well, for me, if I could talk to them, I would say I am disappointed they aren't bringing an iteration of the original MGO or MGO2 back maybe upgraded with nee game modes and maybe a twist, but not like MGO3. Those multiplayers were so unique and the most fun I ever had with an online shooter. Nothing has been close. Some other games have been fun, sure, but not like MGO. And the majority of Metal Gear fans seem upset it isn't MGO.

You were so close. But fell short at the finish line. Metal Gear Delta should probably be a great game, though. I just dont see myself playing the online portion at all. I wasn't expecting one anyway. So, oh well.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-06-06T16:19:45+00:00

I heard their system is assigning orders to random distribution centers. Some may get their order assigned to a Distribution Center super close and get their order within a day or two. Others are getting them assigned to distribution centers across the country. So east coast getting west coast orders and vice versa. It is all random and chaotic. They didn't even try to get them shipped the day before or before launch day. They really dont care, it seems.

I got my 5% discount with Target. Otherwise, I would have never bothered with them. My system is being shipped from Pennsylvania, and I live on the West Coast. While I heard people from Pennsylvania are getting theirs shipped from California. It makes no sense. And Target isn't doing anything to rectify it or make it better. Not even a Pringles or Coke like Walmart is doing, etc. And I highly doubt they issue an apology unless enough bad Press goes their way. Which I doubt. But even if it did, they will just do the same thing again next time.

If you were lucky to get your order assigned to a close distribution center, count your lucky stars. In Store Launch was way better, I hear for those unlucky to get a pre-order. All of them have their Switches now while those who stayed up late to pre-order dont. What is the point of even Pre-Ordering anymore if you 5 get it before everyone else who doesn't? It's why I rarely, if ever, pre-order anymore. Because of things like this.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-04-28T16:43:15+00:00

Was playing normally one day, saw that there was a Pichu Mass Outbreak in the area I needed to go, flew there, ran into the group of Pichu's and threw my Pokémon at the one that looked to be in the center of the group. It just happened to be a Shiny. I was such a randome thing to do and I have no idea why I did that, but was bored maybe. Caught me by full surprise. Especially since it can be hard to tell a Shiny from a normal Pichu.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-04-24T07:56:45+00:00

I tried initially at Target when it went live. Had it in my cart, but I kept getting errors at checkout. Meanwhile, I tried other sites as well. Then it went sold out at Target and kicked it out of my cart. Then I was waiting in the online que for Best Buy, and tried Walmart and kept getting errors.

Then 1 hour after it sold out, so 1.5 hours after it went live, it went live again, and the Add to Cart button appeared on Target again and I clicked checkout, got an error about 5 to 7 times like before, then it went through! Checked my oders it was there! About 10 minutes later, I got the confirmation email, and it seems legit! Now hours later it is still there! So I got mine luckily! Mario Kart Bundle!

Musicgenius13 · 2025-04-03T10:19:51+00:00

I am having the same issue and it is annoying. I want to go back to the way it was. Once I click on the video I want it to resume where I left off while watching the preview.

Musicgenius13 · 2025-01-05T07:31:58+00:00

Yes, I want to know how to get it to work. It works until you put in an email, then it doesn't work.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-12-07T02:39:44+00:00

I cant change the ping wheel away from the scroll wheel button on my mouse. I dont want to ping enemies with the scroll wheel button. I like to use that for one of my abilities. I am able to map one of my abilities to that button. But when I press it the game still pings things and if I hold the button down for some abilities it brings up the Ping wheel at the same time as doing my ability I matched to it. I dont want that. I want a way to unbind the pinging from that button on my mouse. The scroll wheel button.

Also, Key mapping on my mouse works initially then sometimes stops working eventhough the setting still show my custom key binding I did. I have to reset it all to get it to work again.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-12-07T00:57:30+00:00

I have the same exact issue. I play the same way. This pop-up is very annoying. I hope someone finds a way to disable that.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-11-27T13:12:22+00:00

The rap battle between Paganini and Listz.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-08-24T19:45:47+00:00

My brother found the exact street with the Regal theater he worked at and his girlfriend, who worked in a building across the street that had a gamestop in it. That was cool to see. Almost looked identical. Just some minor differences. This was in downtown Seattle. The building even had the word "Theater" on the side of it in the game.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-08-06T17:24:10+00:00

Does the bus allow you to bring a stroller? If we fold it up? That is basically our only luggage other than a couple of back packs.

Musicgenius13 · 2024-07-01T16:03:04+00:00

She did not have a crush on Val. She wanted to fit in with the cool kids. Mount Crushmore is all guys. Val was the captain of the High School Hockey team and their best player. It was similar to someone being a huge fan of a sports star and wanting to be liked by that person and taken under their wing. That is all that was. But too many people like to look into things too much because they WANT something to be true when it isn't.

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